Majestic moment: Malone snaps 13-game skid against Walsh

Saturday

Among the many things Malone head coach Casey Kaufman liked about Jaret Majestic while recruiting him was a propensity for the Malvern High School alum to produce in big games.

“He likes the moment,” Kaufman said.

He owned the moment Saturday.

Majestic made six 3-pointers and scored a college career-high 20 points as the Pioneers beat Walsh at a loud, crowded Alumni Arena, snapping a 13-game losing streak to their rival.

In his first career start, Majestic shot 6-of-11 from 3-point range. The sophomore lefty made back-to-back 3s with less than four minutes left that flipped a three-point deficit into a three-point lead.

“I’ve been in a slump all year,” said Majestic, who entered the day shooting 32.5 percent from the arc after shooting 48.2 percent as a freshman. “So I’ve been really trying to get in the gym and get shots up, trying to get it back. Today, when I hit my first couple, I was really in a rhythm."

His second 3-pointer of the day came from 25-feet out and had Malone feeling good about itself early, up 12-3. His sixth and final trey, a quick-trigger catch-and-shoot attempt from the left corner with 3:07 left gave the Pioneers a lead they'd never relinquish.

“My coaches and teammates always tell me to keep shooting," he said. "That’s what I’m here for, and I’m glad I could pull through for my team.”

* Dalton Bolon (Indian Valley) scored 25 points and the No. 12-ranked West Liberty University men's basketball team handed Charleston its first home loss of the season, 98-89, Saturday afternoon at the Wehrle Center.

* In the West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving teams' final competition at the WVU Natatorium, the Mountaineers combined to win 31 of 32 events to earn a pair of wins over TCU on Saturday.

The meet marked the team's final competition at the WVU Natatorium, the home of the Mountaineers since 1975. Following the victory, alumni joined the current team on the pool deck for a final singing of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" circling the competition pool.

Saturday also was Senior Day, when the Mountaineers celebrated the accomplishments of 11 seniors, including Jake Armstrong (Dover).

Armstrong won the men’s 100 breast stroke in 55.58.

The Mountaineer men won 15 of 16 events to beat the Horned Frogs, 233-64, while the women won all 16 events and claimed a 208-92 victory. The men have won six in a row against TCU, and improved to 4-1 in dual meets on the season, while the women have posted three consecutive against the Horned Frogs and are 3-2 on the year.

* For the second time in three days, Ashland University's women's basketball team used a late second-half run and a big second half to pull away from a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponent on the road.

On Saturday, the No. 7-ranked Eagles outscored Purdue Northwest 15-7 to finish the second quarter, then 62-28 in the second half, to bring home a decisive 112-68 win. Ashland is 15-1 overall and 7-1 in the GLIAC following its eighth consecutive victory, while the Pride is 2-12, 0-8, after their ninth consecutive loss.

Continuing her stat-sheet-stuffing ways of late was junior forward Sara Loomis (Malvern), who ended Saturday's game with 13 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and three assists. It was Loomis' seventh double-double of 2018-19, and she moves into third place on Ashland's career blocks list with 127.

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